Fresno @ Modesto Gm 4
Cole Carigg hit his first Cal League home run to lead off the eighth inning and the Fresno Grizzlies struck for two more runs to come from behind and beat the Modesto Nuts 6-5 on Friday night. The top two teams in the North division have split the first four games of their six-game series at John Thurman Field.
Luis Mendez opened the scoring with an RBI single that put Fresno up 1-0 in the second inning. Modesto came back with five straight runs in the fourth and fifth to take a 5-1 lead. Fresno chipped away with single runs in the sixth and seventh to get within two.
Carigg came to the plate to lead off the eighth and drove his first home run of the season over the left-field wall. The 65th overall pick in this year’s draft, Carigg hit two home runs in the ACL before joining the Grizzlies. In three Cal League games the 21-year old from San Diego State has gone 7-for-14.
Fresno tied it up later in the eighth on a sac fly and then Andy Perez knocked in the game-winner with a bunt single to make it 6-5.
Zach Agnos (W, 3-3) threw two scoreless innings in relief and got the win. Carson Skipper threw a scoreless ninth inning for his first Cal League save.
Fresno (31-15) pushed its North division lead back up to five games over Modesto (26-20). Game five is Saturday at 6:05
FRIDAY SCORES
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 14
VISALIA – 4
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SAN JOSE – 4
STOCKTON – 1
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INLAND EMPIRE – 2
LAKE ELSINORE – 0
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